"Master, please open the door quickly. I am Gu Xia. Please help me." Gu Xia's hoarse voice asking for help broke the silence of the night sky.
Old Huang, who was checking medical books in the house, heard Gu Xia's cry for help and hurriedly opened the door. After opening the door, he saw Gu Xia's clothes were torn and he was covered with wounds. Old Huang felt a buzzing sensation in his head and subconsciously pulled Gu Xia into the house.
Old Huang returned to Gu Xia's room, took out a set of clean clothes for him, carefully cleaned his wounds, and applied some ointment on them.
"Gu Xia, what happened? You were fine when you left the house in the morning, but you became like this when you came back in the evening? You and Zhang Jing went to inspect the medicinal fields together during the day. Now you are like this. Did something happen to Zhang Jing too?" Old Huang asked anxiously. He really had high hopes for Zhang Jing. He was down-to-earth, hardworking and studious.
Gu Xia explained incoherently: "Master, I was set up. The car suddenly stalled when it was halfway through the journey. When I got out of the car to check what was wrong, I was hit on the neck and fainted. When I woke up, I found myself lying on a big bed in the hotel, and Zhang Jing was lying next to me. Before I could wake Zhang Jing up, three big men rushed out and scolded me, scolded me." At this point, Gu Xia began to cry bitterly.
Old Huang patted Gu Xia's shoulder and tried to comfort him. His words were very effective. Gu Xia stopped crying and continued angrily, "Those men said I bullied Zhang Jing and asked me to pay compensation. I had to pay 2 million yuan or give them the experimental prescription for treating colds. They also forced me to sign an IOU for 2 million yuan."
Old Huang knew that his eldest disciple had fallen into a trap. This group of people were obviously after the new medicine prescription. If this matter was not handled properly, the eldest disciple would definitely be in big trouble.
Old Huang told himself not to panic, otherwise his eldest disciple would cry bitterly, so he pretended to be calm and said to his disciple, "Don't panic, calm down first, think carefully, and think about whether there is anyone who can prove your innocence."
Gu Xia thought about it carefully and said dejectedly: "Master, I am really useless. I can't find anyone who can prove my innocence."
Old Huang thought about it and agreed. Since others wanted to frame Gu Xia, they would naturally not let Gu Xia find witnesses easily.
When Huo Qiqi learned about Gu Xia's situation, she looked directly into Gu Xia's eyes and asked, "Did you tell the other party the formula?"
"Junior Sister, I didn't tell the other party the recipe," Gu Xia replied with a firm look in her eyes.
"Gu Xia, who is Zhang Jing? Why did you go with her to see the medicinal fields? Has Zhang Jing seen the formula?" Huo Qiqi asked doubtfully. Usually, the people who inspected the medicinal fields were Old Huangtou and Gu Xia.
"Little Sister, Zhang Jing joined our Chinese medicine research and development department a month ago because she understands the medicinal properties of medicinal materials. Usually, I have to accompany her to work. This time, the master is sick. According to regulations, at least two people are required to inspect the medicinal fields. So this time, I had to arrange for Zhang Jing and me to go to inspect the medicinal fields together." After saying these words, Gu Xia seemed to have thought of something, and his face suddenly looked extremely pale.
"Junior Sister, Zhang Jing might have seen the prescription. It was a simple prescription. When I was doing the experiment, I found Zhang Jing appeared outside the laboratory at some point and was looking at the simple prescription." Gu Xia told Huo Qiqi everything she could think of.
"What is a simple prescription?" Huo Qiqi asked a very crucial question?
Old Huang cleared his throat and said, "I invented the term 'simple prescription'. It refers to a prescription that only records the medicinal ingredients without specifying the weight in grams."
Huo Qiqi didn't say anything, she wanted to sort it out.
The person who planned this whole thing was really impatient. The news of a test-stage prescription made the other party eager to take action. There was probably only one reason for this situation: the other party was in urgent need of new drugs.
If we look at it from the perspective of whoever benefits is the most suspicious, there are only two beneficiaries who get the trial-stage prescription.
One is pharmaceutical companies, especially pharmaceutical companies that develop Chinese medicine. According to Huo Qiqi, in Hong Kong, apart from its own pharmaceutical company, there should be no other pharmaceutical companies that develop Chinese medicine to treat colds, because Western medicine has done a good job in cold medicine.
If it wasn't a setup by the pharmaceutical companies, then the only suspects were Chinese medicine practitioners like Old Huangtou, who could use the prescriptions as leverage to pursue their own interests.
"Brother, if Zhang Jing takes the simple prescription to try it out, will it be successful?" Huo Qiqi still wanted to figure out some things.
"No, but if the other party is willing to do a lot of experiments, it may succeed." Old Huang still told the situation truthfully.
"Brother, we will use the same trick against them and lure them out. You and Gu Xia can think of a way to change the simple prescription again and give the fake prescription to the other party so that Gu Xia can get the IOU back. Gu Xia, please take care to protect yourself next time." Huo Qiqi looked at Gu Xia, who was covered in injuries, with sympathy. This nephew was so unlucky.
"Master, there will be problems if the simple prescription is modified again, right?" Gu Xia was still very worried.
"My eldest disciple, you know that if there is one more or one less herb in the prescription, the effect will be different. The modified prescription I have made this time will greatly reduce the effectiveness of treating colds."
When the master and apprentice handed the modified fake prescription to Huo Qiqi, Huo Qiqi took out a small bottle, which contained the water of life from the system space.
"I speculate that the other party will definitely boil the medicine on the spot to test whether the prescription is real. When Gu Xia boils the medicine, he secretly pours the water in the bottle into it. It can help you conceal the truth."
That night, Xia Lao San brought several security personnel and followed Gu Xia to the meeting place agreed by both parties. In addition to the three men who appeared last time, there were two unfamiliar faces on Zhang Jing's side, a gray-haired old man and a middle-aged man who kept coughing.
The man who took the lead that day took the prescription, took a quick look at it, and then handed it to Zhang Jing. Zhang Jing had seen the prescription before and remembered all the herbs in it, but she did not remember the weight of each herb.
But she invited her master, an old Chinese doctor who had been practicing for many years. The white-haired old man frowned after reading the prescription. Every herb in the prescription was indeed helpful in treating colds. In order to know how effective the medicine was, he needed to find a patient to test it. The middle-aged man who kept coughing was here to test the medicine.
"Gu Xia, you've been with me for a month, so I won't make it difficult for you. I've found a patient with a severe cold, and you can boil some medicine right there. As long as we can prove that the prescription is effective, I'll return the IOU you wrote to you."
Gu Xia wiped the sweat from his forehead. As expected, Huo Qiqi guessed it right. Gu Xia prepared the medicine according to the fake prescription. When boiling the medicine, he poured the water of life into the soup while Zhang Jing and others were not paying attention.
One hour after the patient with a severe cold drank the medicine, his cough stopped and his breathing became smoother. The white-haired old man put his hand on the patient's pulse and nodded after a long time.
After Gu Xia got the IOU, he went straight home. Xia Laosan and others hid in the dark and kept a close eye on Zhang Jing and others.
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